Jeremiah 2:29-31

Modern English Version

²⁹ Why will you plead with Me?
    You all have transgressed against Me,
    says the Lord.
³⁰ In vain I have smitten your children;
    they received no correction.
Your own sword has devoured your prophets
    like a destroying lion.

Have I been a wilderness to Israel?
    A land of darkness?
Why do My people say, “We are free to roam.
    We will come no more to You”?